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INTERVIEW - Will's testament
With his retirement imminent, BBC Broadcast's long-serving chief executive Will Wyatt at last feels free to speak his mind. He looks back on the years of Birtist reform and outlines his vision of BBC distinctiveness.
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HTV POACHES LLYR JAMES
HTV Wales has poached documentary-maker Dafydd Llyr James to take up the new post of head of features. Llyr James, who is currently a producer/director with BBC Wales, starts his new
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IPC launches web-based TV guide
TV Times and What's On TV publisher IPC has launched a new internet-based television listings and entertainment service, unmissabletv.com, writes Tim Dams.Billed by IPC as 'the most comprehensive TV site on
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GRIFFIN JOINS GRANADA
Granada Media Group has appointed a new director of channels, Chris Griffin, who effectively replaces Stuart Prebble as head of the outfit's pay-TV operations. Griffin joins from consultancy firm Griffin Lewis
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - No news is good news?
It has been a bad year for local news on ITV. Peter Keighron asks if the network has turned its back on regional bulletins in the obsessive search for peaktime success.
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RA GIVES WIRELESS GROUP NOD OVER IRG PURCHASE
The Radio Authority has given a preliminary thumbs up to the Wireless Group's acquisition of the Independent Radio Group (IRG). The deal is the subject of a public interest test by
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GERI TO SPICE UP ITV
Carlton has signed up former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell to host a 1 x 60-minute show for ITV. The one-off programme will include the three top 10 singles from her album
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GREEN RETURNS TO SKY SPORTS AS GENERAL MANAGER
Simon Green is returning to Sky Sports as general manager, Sky Sports Ventures, after three years in the US working for News Corp sister company Fox Sports. Green will report to
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GMTV picks Frizell for weekday job
GMTV director of programmes Peter McHugh has appointed RTS award-winning reporter Martin Frizell as executive producer of weekday output, writes Jason Deans.The move forms part of a restructuring of GMTV's production
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EXPORT REPORT PUBLISHED
The Creative Industries Task Force report into UK TV exports was published by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport on Friday (26 November). As exclusively revealed in Broadcast (12.11.99), the
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Ecosse to film Royal marriage
Ecosse Films has been commissioned by FilmFour to produce a new film centring on the volatile marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, writes Paul Donovan.Ecosse Films executive producer Douglas Rae
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PIONEER LAUNCHES WORLD'S FIRST RECORDABLE DVD PLAYER
Consumer electronics manufacturer Pioneer has announced that it will launch the world's first recordable DVD player before Christmas. The DVR-1000 is expected to go on sale in Japan during the first
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FREELANCE DIRECTORS URGED TO JOIN DPRS TO KEEP RIGHTS
Freelance directors are being urged to register with the Directors' and Producers' Rights Society (DPRS) in a bid to protect their rights to their own work. Broadcasting union Bectu, the Directors'
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DIGITAL RATINGS - The digital watch
The advent of digital TV is proving a headache for ratings board Barb - just how do you measure what the likes of Jim Royle are watching when there are more than 200 channels to choose from? Martin Jackson reports.
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CRIMSON EXPANDS RECRUITMENT RANGE
Post-production recruitment company Crimson is extending its coverage to designers, effects artists and animators. As part of the move the company has relocated to new premises in Great Marlborough Street and
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STEVENSON HOOKS UP WITH CONDOR
Condor has appointed Kim Stevenson to its 2D operations. Stevenson joins Condor having spent the last five years at Melbourne-based facility Iloura.She will initially work on the company's newly installed Flint.
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TRADE TALK - Comic timing
UK Play channel editor Myfanwy Moore has come a long way, but still finds time to help mates such as Spaced writer Simon Pegg. Tara Conlan reports.
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Pearson's Little Pond to set up US/UK comedy swaps
Pearson Television is mounting a drive to encourage transatlantic cross-fertilisation of comedy talent through new indie Little Pond Television, writes Tara Conlan.American writers are to be encouraged to work on UK
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - Local colour
After a year of parliamentary devolution, Diane Freeman says the time is right for broadcasters to get serious about their commitments to spread production across the regions.
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CLASSIC FM PREPARES FESTIVE FANTASIA
Simon Bates will introduce a live recording of Disney's Fantasia 2000 conducted by James Levine, the artistic director of the New York Metropolitan Opera, as the centrepiece of Classic FM's Christmas